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Track OPTU free→NYSECommunication ServicesTelecom ServicesSnapshot 2026-06-15
Recent financial performance sits well below its industry cohort — worth keeping an eye on, though it has not freshly broken.
Recent financial performance is weak, and management's recent track record has been unsteady, with frequent disruptive corporate changes. The company was unprofitable over the past year, so its earnings quality can't be assessed, and it has a capital-unfriendly stance. Risk is high, and the sector backdrop is a headwind, with performance compared to sector peers below typical. The read is provisional.
Daily closes. Earnings/event dots are placed inline.
A consensus fair price across 0 valuation methods, at three horizons. Current price $1.38. Estimates are diagnostics, not price targets. Short-horizon estimates are close to coin-flips, so confidence is a method-agreement read, not a prediction.
No-growth: today's peer multiple on trailing earnings. The headline read.
Embeds projected growth. Leans optimistic by design. Upside context.
One valuation read at a 12-month horizon, plus how price compares to peers and the company's own history.
Not enough valuation methods to set a 12-month read yet.
TTM earnings are negative, so the read leans on sales- and cash-flow-based methods rather than P/E. This is a data condition, not a forward call.
Looks cheaper than most peers in the same business.
Self-history needs ~20 months of data.
Each factor is a parallel diagnostic with a clear read of what it shows and how names like it have historically fared. Never aggregated into a single score.
Operating income rose in 1 of the last 3 quarter-over-quarter moves. Historically, Communication Services names rated weak grew net income 59% of the time over the next year (vs 53% for the rest of the cohort, n=701).
Over the trailing year it converted -0.26x of net income into operating cash flow.
Most sensitive to the broad stock market.
Not enough signal to read sensitivity to the US dollar, real (inflation-adjusted) rates, Fed net liquidity, long-term interest rates.
The next print and the backdrop around it (sector regime and the AI cycle). Context for the path, not a forecast of returns.
EPS estimate $-0.15 → $-0.15 (-0.1% / 30d). 3 raised, 5 cut, 10 covering analysts.
0 upgrades, 0 downgrades / 30d. 7% of analysts rate Buy.
0 positive, 1 negative / 30d. See F4 management tile for the event list.
How management runs the business: capital, margins, balance sheet, and how reliably they guide and deliver.
A guidance track record builds as the company issues and delivers on guidance.
What a normal day, a bad day, and the worst of the last year would mean for a $10,000 position.
On a typical day, $10k can swing ±$279.
How much price usually moves either way.
On a bad day, this stock has moved -$781.
A rough but not unusual down day (about the 95th percentile).
In the worst 12 months, $10k could have lost $7,951.
Deepest peak-to-trough drop in the last year.
Past results, not a forecast. Not investment advice.
The most important moves since the prior daily snapshot.
No material changes since the prior snapshot.
as of 2026-06-15
Specific, dated things to watch for, each with what would confirm it and what would prove it wrong.
Why it matters: Growth in revenue for the Communication Services sector may mean a recovery. This could change Optimum's outlook.
Confirms:Sector revenue growth turns positive year over year.
Disproves:Sector revenue continues to decline year over year.
Recent news graded against this company's own objectives — whether it reinforces or challenges the thesis, and how confirmed it is.
No graded news catalysts for OPTU yet.
Conditional scenarios: if X happens, the view would shift in this direction. These are not predictions.
Recent SEC 8-K filings ranked by likely impact, confidence, and recency.
Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement Optimum Communications, Inc. (“Optimum” and, together with its subsidiaries, the “Company”) today announced a series of transactions designed to protect and maximize stakeholder value (collectively, the “Transactions”) and position the Company for anticipated discussions with an investor group holding funded debt obligations of its wholly owned indirect subsidiary, CSC Holdings, LLC (“CSC Holdings”). The Transactions include: (1) an internal reorgani…
Whether the overall read has been drifting up or down lately, and how it's changed since last week.
Not investment advice. Scores describe historical and current data; they are not forecasts of future returns. Consult a licensed advisor before making investment decisions.
Long-thesis check; widest uncertainty.
TTM earnings are negative. P/E-based methods drop out and the estimate leans on sales- and cash-flow-based methods. A data condition, not a forward call.
Trailing four: 2025-Q1, 2025-Q2, 2025-Q3, 2026-Q1
A side-by-side read on sector standing, valuation, and risk versus Integrated Telecommunication Services.
| Stock | Sector standing | Valuation | Risk |
|---|---|---|---|
OPTU Optimum Communications, Inc. | Below typical Show detailsSector percentile: 14 of 100 | — | high |
VZ Verizon | Above typical Show detailsSector percentile: 87 of 100 | fair | moderate |
T AT&T | Above typical Show detailsSector percentile: 73 of 100 | inexpensive | moderate |
AMX AMERICA MOVIL SAB DE CV | — | — | moderate |
GSAT Globalstar, Inc. | Below typical Show detailsSector percentile: 23 of 100 | expensive | moderate |
14 material management or governance events in the past 24 months, led by capital-allocation actions. Historically, Communication Services names rated volatile grew net income 60% of the time over the next year (vs 59% for the rest of the cohort, n=200).
Not investment advice. As of 2026-06-15.
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Tailwind = sector leading the S&P 500; headwind = trailing. Both can be constructive. Historically, headwind regimes have averaged stronger forward returns than tailwind.
Context label only: describes the market state (e.g. real bear vs narrative panic, healthy uptrend vs late-stage froth). It is not a per-ticker buy/sell signal and does not predict factor performance.
Not investment advice. As of 2026-06-15.
Priorities management has stated in recent disclosures, with status and evidence drawn from earnings calls, filings, and press releases.
No qualifying priorities for this snapshot. Check back after the next refresh.
Other Events Tender Offer On June 1, 2026, Optimum issued a press release announcing the commencement of a tender offer by Unsub Topco (the “Tender Offer”) to purchase up to 120,000,000 of Optimum’s Class A shares at a price per share of $2.50 (representing an aggregate purchase price of $300 million), to the seller in cash, less any applicable withholding taxes and without interest. The Tender Offer is being made upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase…
Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities The information set forth under
Results of Operations and Financial Condition On May 7, 2026, Optimum Communications, Inc. announced its financial results for the the quarter ended March 31, 2026. A copy of the press release containing the announcement is included as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated by reference into this
Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. Michael E. Olsen, the Company’s Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Chief Corporate Responsibility Officer, will transition from his current role effective October 1, 2026 (or earlier upon the appointment of a successor) (the “Transition Date”) and will continue employment with the Company as Senior Executive Counsel, Capital Transformati…